DeFi Bitcoin (BTC) News

One of the most remarkable e-commerce businesses Rakuten has declared, that its users will have a new service soon that will let them swap their loyalty points for three preeminent crypto coins. Rakuten Group has about 1.3 billion members. According to the corporation, it is an excellent move for...

Tangshan City District authorities seized 6,890 ASIC miners illegally connected to the electricity grid. It is reported by Trustnodes with reference to local media. Police raids took place in more than 70 thousand households, as well as in factories, retail outlets, and communities. In one of the...

Brian Armstrong, the Chief Executive Officer of Coinbase, has been given a US patent for a contraption that will change the transaction model of BTC. According to the paper, the user will be able to send bitcoin as simple as an email. The patent was registered in March 2015 and was given on...

The organization behind the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) and other funds tightened to crypto prices requested a study of investor understandings of bitcoin. The study revealed that only a third part of all US investors are involved in the leading crypto coin, and of that interested group, 43% are...

Born in the late 80s and early 90s, people prefer to invest in cryptocurrencies and high-tech startups, rather than in the entertainment industry. This is evidenced by research data from the American brokerage company Charles Schwab. Millennials invest more in Bitcoins managed by the Grayscale...

It is legally possible to prohibit the use of crypto as payment for services and goods, but in fact, it will be very difficult to enforce the ban. This was stated by Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the financial market Anatoly Aksakov, reports TASS. According to him, those “who are ready...

Cherepovets police are investigating a criminal case against two residents of the city who distributed drugs for a fee in cryptocurrency. This was reported by the press service of the department. The investigation established that the suspects worked for one of the darknet marketplaces involved in...

American financial giant Charles Schwab has announced the purchase of its Bitcoin-friendly competitor, broker TD Ameritrade, according to a press release. The absorption will take place through the exchange of shares, the transaction amount is $26 billion. The premium to shares of TD Ameritrade...

Bitcoin reached the cheapest point in six months, sinking about 10% and continuing last week’s slide past the weekend on matters about repressions on crypto transactions by China. The leading coin dropped as much as 11% from Friday’s close and was selling below $6600 as of 1:50 p.m. in Hong...

A rewards application Lolli announced its partnership with a sports brand Nike. On November 21 team of the app published a post with this announcement. They mentioned that customers of Lolli requested for this partnership:...

BTC mining engines building corporation Canaan gathered $90 million after rating its US IPO at the ground of its marketed range. The Hangzhou exchanged American depositary shares for $9 apiece and gathered $10 million on Wednesday. As to records of the US SEC, the shares had been traded for $9-11....

ProtonMail announced on November 16 that it hasn’t been using any of BTCs it has received as payment from its premium users for years. The message was in answer to a client who accused that he felt derelict for using Bitcoin on a ProtonMail invoice instead for a long-term hodling. The exchange...

The Finnish Financial Services Authority (FIN-FSA) has registered the LocalBitcoins p2p platform as an official virtual currency provider. To issue an approval, the regulator demanded that the platform demonstrate the required level:...

Bitcoin mining devices maker Canaan Inc. lost the lead for its US IPO and has scaled back its offering. According to the information the corporation reported to the US SEC, it intends to offer 10 million American depository shares at $9 to $11 apiece to raise about $110 million. Previously, Canaan...

Alibaba, a Chinese e-commerce leader, sprang a partnership with Lolli, a BTC bonuses shopping application. Now Alibaba users can get BTC when buying online. News about the partnership was published on November 11, Singles Day, which is a Chinese shopping holiday and is supposed to be one of the...

Descriptive information plays an important role in the popularity of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. This statement was made by Nobel Laureate in Economics Robert Shiller in an interview with the official portal of Yale University. According to him, it was the mysterious background to the creation of...

Craig Wright, an Australian technologist, stated that he can’t pay the amount that was mentioned in the agreement contracted with the Kleiman estate. As to a court paper listed in the Southern District of Florida October 30, Wright broke the contract arrangement according to which he must abandon...

The Chinese province of Sichuan, which produces 70% of all bitcoins in the world, has all the opportunities for an even wider attraction of miners. This was reported by CoinDesk with reference to a statement by the former vice president of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, Yang Jiang. In...